[caption id="attachment_14357" align="alignleft" width="180"] Marian Wright Edelman[/caption] Child Watch A Christmas Prayer: O God of all children By Marian Wright Edelman, NNPA Columnist As millions of Christians around the world prepare to celebrate Christmas and their belief that God entered human history as a poor tiny baby, let us remember all the poor babies and children who struggle to live and rea ...

[caption id="attachment_12497" align="alignleft" width="144"] Raynard Jackson[/caption] What a Christ-mess By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Christmas is supposed to be a joyous time of the year. But, political correctness has turned Christmas into Christ-mess. One way of dissecting the word is Christ-Mas, which in Spanish would be more Christ. If we had more of Christ, I am quite sure we would not have so ...

[caption id="attachment_12489" align="alignleft" width="144"] George E. Curry[/caption] Walking in Mandela’s footsteps By George E. Curry, NNPA Editor-in-Chief PRETORIA, South Africa – It’s not easy walking in the footsteps of Nelson Mandela, the nation’s first democratically elected president. No one knows that better than the two men who succeeded him as president of South Africa. A larger-than-life ...

[caption id="attachment_12493" align="alignleft" width="144"] Marc H. Morial[/caption] To Be Equal Pope wants end to economic inequality By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity; it is an act of justice. Like Slavery and Apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is manmade and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. Sometimes it falls on a gene ...